国际英语资讯:Challenge to British PMs suspension of parliament rejected by high court judges_时事

国际英语资讯:Challenge to British PMs suspension of parliament rejected by high court judges

He needs to get support of two-thirds of the Commons to trigger an election, which means he faces an uphill struggle unless enough Labour MPs back the move.

Main opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn said Labour would be willing to vote for an election after the bill intended to stop a no-deal Brexit on Oct. 31 becomes law, a process due to happen by Monday.

Corbyn said: "Let this bill pass and gain royal assent, and then we will back an election, so we do not crash out of the EU with a no-deal exit."

Leading Labour front bench politician Emily Thornberry said her party wanted an election as soon as practically possible.

Thornberry said: "It's going to happen over the course of the next few weeks. We will choose the timing of that because Boris Johnson has lost his majority in parliament. The opposition parties are now effectively in control. Boris Johnson is not going to bounce us into a situation of his choosing."

Leading Labour politicians, including shadow chancellor John McDonnell, want an election to take place in November.

The Scottish Nationalist Party (SNP) said Friday its MPs at Westminster will also refuse to support Johnson's bid Monday to call an early snap general election.

SNP Westminster leader Ian Blackford said his party wanted a general election, but did not trust Johnson to decide its timing.

Blackford told the Sky News channel: "Boris doesn't have a majority in parliament so the idea that he is coming with a motion to try and force an election, having lost one this week, is insane. He is not going to compel parliamentarians to give him a mandate to determine the timing, we don't trust him. We'll determine the timing of this, not Boris Johnson."